Daily Archives: October 21, 2008

“Europe wants the summit before the end of the year. Europe wants it. Europe demands it. Europe will get it.” So said Nicolas Sarkozy – president of France, and (until January) of the European Union – before jetting off to Washington over the weekend. There he persuaded President George W. Bush to agree to an international summit dedicated, says Mr Sarkozy, to nothing less than “re-founding the capitalist system”. Read more

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Welcome to the World blog. Gideon Rachman and colleagues offer commentary on international affairs.

Gideon became chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times in July 2006. He joined the FT after a 15-year career at The Economist, which included spells as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Washington and Bangkok. He also edited The Economist’s business and Asia sections.

His particular interests include American foreign policy, the European Union and globalisation